2019 | Applied Atmospheric Urban Environment

2019　Applied Atmospheric Urban Environment

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Academic unit or major: Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment

Instructor(s): Okaze Tsubasa

Class Format: Lecture

Media-enhanced courses

Day/Period(Room No.): Mon3-4(G511)

Group: -

Course number: UDE.E504

Credits: 1

Academic year: 2019

Offered quarter: 3Q

Syllabus updated: 2019/5/8

Lecture notes updated: -

Language used: English

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Syllabus

Course description and aims

In recent years as instability from atmospheric events has become more noticeable, strong winds, squalls, torrential rain, and other extreme events have been occurring frequently, causing destruction due to exceeded safety tolerances of social infrastructure and lifelines, as well as facilities losing functionality, with the possibility of triggering a chain-reaction environment crisis. This course recognizes the vulnerability of society in the face of extensive as well as regional disasters occurring in urban regions, while dealing with atmospheric disturbances with a fluid dynamics approach. Students understand the path to maintaining safety in the face of urban vulnerability to extreme atmospheric weather.

Student learning outcomes

This course uses observation technology and analysis methods to figure out the state of damages to cities by atmospheric disturbances and natural disturbances. Students acquire evaluation skills that contribute to a reduction in disaster risks. In addition, students learn specific measures for avoiding the severe damage that accompanies regional atmospheric circulations, and methods for maintaining a pleasant environment while also having a disaster-resistant urban form.

Keywords

atmospheric flows, extreme meteorology, strong wind, gust wind, heavy rain, extreme heat, urban disaster

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills

Intercultural skills

Communication skills

✔ Critical thinking skills

✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Lecture with hand-out materials.

Course schedule/Required learning

	Course schedule	Required learning
Class 1	Physical mechanism of atmospheric flows
Class 2	Reality stage for extreme meteorology	Grasp the real stage for extreme meteorology.
Class 3	Strong wind and gust and its effects on the society	Understand the strong wind and the gust, and grasp its effects on the society.
Class 4	Heavy rain and its social impact	Understand the mechanism of heavy rain and evaluate its social impact.
Class 5	Reality stage of extreme heat and its effects on human life	Understand the real stage of extreme heat and grasp its effects on human life.
Class 6	Predictive method on atmospheric phenomena	Study the predictive method on atmospheric phenomena.
Class 7	Evaluation of urban disaster in the atmosphere	Grasp the real situation of urban disaster in the atmosphere.
Class 8	Assessing the vulnerability of cities to the atmosphere and ensuring their safety	Understand the vulnerability on cities for the atmosphere and consider the establishment of safety.

Textbook(s)

Not in particular

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Not in particular

Assessment criteria and methods

Evaluate by the report

Related courses

UDE.E403 ： Introduction to Atmospheric Urban Environment
UDE.E406 ： Introduction to Environmental Turbulence
UDE.E507 ： Applied Environmental Turbulence

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Take a course in advance on Introduction to Atmospheric Urban Environment.

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